Phrases you hate

2 Dec 2008

or love to hate.
Someone mentioned that they hate the phrase, "We're on the same page"

one of mine is "politically correct" I mean, WTF?

What's some of yours?

2 Dec 2008

People who use the following:

"irregardless"

"I'm just saying...."

"Up close and personal"

2 Dec 2008

lemme get out my list....and I preface by saying I'm guilty of many of these too, I'm sure:

"It is what it is"

Is there a more self-evident, worthless phrase than this?

To be honest with you...

When I hear this, I know what I hear may in fact not be true at all, plus it's superfluous.

I'm not a racist, but....

When this is said, you know it's about to be followed by a very racist, bigoted statement

You need to invest in...

This wouldn't bother me, only the speaker is almost never talking about things that actually accrue value over time. A better coffee maker is not an 'investment', or is the new flat-iron at Sephora. Must haves, perhaps, but not investments, so I won't be 'investing' in them.

with that, i better turn this over to the others...

Lia

2 Dec 2008

Too Funny you guys!

"It is what it is" My last realtor said that so much I wanted to smack him! LOL

Chase "I'm just saying" Don't you want to say shut up and say it?

and "to be honest" or "To tell you the truth" I want to say, what were you telling me before?

2 Dec 2008

oops forgot one that Chase's reminded me of. "Know what I'm sayin"

2 Dec 2008

a former boss of mine liked to say,

"To be perfectly truthful"

We actually had a bingo game we would play with all of his annoying phrases at staff meetings (unbeknownst to him of course).

another one he overused....

"We just need to tweak this"

Kiss Me In The Rain - a microfiction about love and desire

2 Dec 2008

I had a high school teacher who used to say some really annoying phrases several times over each class, but probably the most annoying two he would say were:

"Bet your first born on it" and "you can take that to the bank" He thought he was so cool, but man was he annoying!

3 Dec 2008

"wif" instead of "with"

Yeah, "irregardless" drives me up the wall.

"I don't mean to sound like a _____, but shouldn't you..."

"With all due respect..."

3 Dec 2008

"Let's touch base"

"Kudos!"

"That's money baby"

"Love all, trust a few, and do wrong to none."

3 Dec 2008

Reply deleted as someone had used the phrase in this very thread Whistle

3 Dec 2008

"See what I'm saying?" LOL

3 Dec 2008

My MIL used to say "He's Large and in Charge" My hubs and I would count how many times in an evening she'd say it.

another one that gets me is when someone says they want to "ax" me a question. I cringe.

3 Dec 2008

"Can I ask you a question? "

You just did.

Bat

3 Dec 2008

exactly. Good point Bat.

"have a nice day" well, my mom just died but thanks for saying that to me.fWNpcRjoNghgnwHs

3 Dec 2008

On the opposite side - replies we wish we could make.

"have a nice day"

'No thanks, I want a SHITTY Day.

Bat